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The private sector including the
tour operators and the government agencies i.e. Tourism
Authority of Thailand (TAT) were aware of the necessity
to create a network to support national ecotourism.
There were occasions where ideas were exchanged and
finally a national conference was held where participants
from relevant agencies both public and private came
together to establish the idea of creating an ecotourism
network, with the aim to support ecotourism and sustainable
tourism. The meeting agreed to create 3 levels of network:
National, Operational and Local.
The private sector, which had more
flexibility than other parties, had already set up
a network called "Thai Ecotourism and Adventure
Travel Association" (TEATA) in December 1997.
TEATA was created with a joint effort of tour operators
who regularly organized eco-trips. The aim was to
maintain a high quality and standard for this type
of tour activities, management, staff, programs management,
trip itineraries and services, in order to achieve
the ecotourism goal. i.e. to conserve nature, culture
and environment. |
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